Enhancement of Diastereoselectivity in Photodimerization of Alkyl 2-Naphthoates with Chiral Auxiliaries via Inclusion within γ-Cyclodextrin Cavities
作者:Hong-Xia Xu、Su-Fang Cheng、Xiu-Jie Yang、Bin Chen、Yue Chen、Li-Ping Zhang、Li-Zhu Wu、Weihai Fang、Chen-Ho Tung、Richard G. Weiss
DOI:10.1021/jo2020328
日期:2012.2.17
Irradiations of alkyl 2-naphthoates are known to result in four isomeric "cubane-like" photodimers: anti(HH)-2, syn(HH)-2, anti(HT)-2, and syn(HT)-2 where the anti(HH)-2, anti(HT)-2, and syn(HT)-2 consist of pairs of diastereomers. Here, chiral auxiliary and chiral microreactor strategies have been combined to achieve high diastereoselectivity in photo-dimerizations of an enantiomeric pair of 2-naphthoates with (R)- and (S)-1-methoxycarbonylethyl esters as chiral auxiliaries (1R and 1S). Thus, irradiations of their gamma-cyclodextrin (gamma-CD) complexes have been conducted. Fluorescence, IR, and NMR spectra of both enantiomers of I demonstrate that their gamma-CD complexes are mainly 2:2 with the molecules of 1 in head-to-head orientations. Irradiation of the complexes in the solid state mainly resulted in anti(HH)-2. The absolute configuration of each diastereomer of anti(HH)-2 has been established for the first time here. The diastereomeric excesses (de's) of anti(HH)-2 from IR and 15 were 94% and 86%, respectively. These de's are much higher than those found from irradiations in solution (55% for IR and 1S), where the opposite diastereomeric form is in excess! Calculations of the energies of various conformations of the head-to-head 2:2 inclusion complexes were performed using the PM3 approach. The predicted major diastereomers based on the calculation are consistent with those found experimentally.